Workshop on Aging and Health.

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A workshop on Aging and Health cosponsored by the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and the NBER took place June 7-8 in Munich, Germany. Research Associate Axel H. Borsch-Supan of the Max Planck Institute, Fabrizio Mazzonna of Universita della Svizzera Italiana, and Research Associate Jonathan S. Skinner of Dartmouth College organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER, and Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER, "Identifying Prejudice in Healthcare by Race, Gender, and Age"

* Axel H. Borsch-Supan; Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Max Planck Institute; and Felizia Hanemann, Technical University of Munich, "Does Disability Insurance Improve Health and Well-being?"

* Coen W.A. van de Kraats, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute; Titus J. Galama, University of Southern California; and Maarten Lindeboom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, "Light at the End of the Tunnel--Unemployment and Mental Health after Age 50"

* Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER; Amy Finkelstein, MIT and NBER; Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University and NBER; and Ziad Obermeyer, Harvard Medical School, "Does High Healthcare Spending at End of Life Imply Waste? Predictive Modeling Suggests Not Necessarily"

* Mary K. Hamman and John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse; Daniela E. Hochfellner, New York University; and Christopher J. Ruhm, University of Virginia and NBER, "Peer Effects and Retirement Decisions: Evidence from Pension Reform in Germany"

* Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Soojin Kim, Purdue University; and Serena Rhee, University of Hawaii, Manoa, "Labor Market Screening and Social Insurance Program Design for the...